CASA — A Constructionist Approach to Syntactic Analysis

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To-RECIPIENT/GOAL Construction

Name To-RECIPIENT/GOAL Construction
Semantic function of cxn An ÆFFECTOR performs an action directed towards a GOAL.
Slots Slot 1: argument Slot 2: predicate Slot 3: argument
Semantic role of slots ÆFFECTOR RECIPIENT/GOAL

Syntactic function  

potential subject unit in predicate
Syntactic form NP V PPto
Example I will immediately write to Congress…COCA-2005-MAG